I don't see how heat is problem for P1. I'm almost certain my 200MMX didn't even have a heat sink. Also, GUI shouldn't be an issue if you stick with something that predates 3D acceleration. Windows 95 certainly ran fine (not that I'd run such an unstable OS given the choices now available). That wo...

Memory is the important part here. If you're lucky and can stick 256MB in there, XP might be doable. NT 4 is remarkably light on memory. I have a 20MB 486DX running NT4 and utorrent without many issues. That would be less than trivial to do with any vaguely modern Unix, allowing for the same functio...

I've been trying to spec up a quiet (v important, as I'm sure you'll appreciate), *non overclocked*, fast Core 2 Duo based system for Internet, programming, occasional games, maybe video encoding rarely too. edit : I'd like advice about all of it, but I think my main question is : is CorsairTwinX XM...